1 But hitherto the emotion had remained in him as a silent ache, veiling with sadness the beauty that evoked it.
2 Zenobia's fault-finding was of the silent kind, but not the less penetrating for that.
3 She sat silent, her hands clasped on her work, and it seemed to him that a warm current flowed toward him along the strip of stuff that still lay unrolled between them.
4 She was no longer the listless creature who had lived at his side in a state of sullen self-absorption, but a mysterious alien presence, an evil energy secreted from the long years of silent brooding.
5 She stood silent a moment, drooping before him like a broken branch.
6 With every yard of the way some spot where they had stood, and laughed together or been silent, clutched at Ethan and dragged him back.
7 She was silent, but he felt a slight tremor in the shoulder against his.
8 She stood silent, her hands lying cold and relaxed in his.
9 Mrs. Hale paused a moment, and I remained silent, plunged in the vision of what her words evoked.
10 Scarlett was silent and her heart sank.
11 Even with Honey, with whom he had an unspoken understanding of marriage when he came into his property next fall, he was diffident and silent.
12 The laughter and talking became less animated and groups here and there fell silent.
13 Her heart was quieter now and she tiptoed up the steps into the silent hall.
14 Over the waffles next morning, Pittypat was lachrymose, Melanie was silent and Scarlett defiant.
15 After an interval of silent sewing, they heard sounds outside and, peering through the curtains, they saw Dr. Meade alighting from his horse.